Monday, 22 August 2016

22/08/2016 Beautiful Arlington Reservoir

Monday 22 August 2016
Arlington Reservoir, East Sussex

Circumstances were such that I only had time for an evening walk around Arlington reservoir.  With bright sunshine and less breeze today, conditions couldn't have been better.

  • 12 black-tailed godwits feeding by the waters edge made for a good start.
  • The Canada geese dominated proceedings as they moved around in large flocks and making a hell of a racket as they went.  All in all there must have been over 200 of them.
  • 30+ pied wagtails is the most I have ever seen here or anywhere else in the country.  One of them looked like a good candidate for white wagtail.
  • There were a couple of common sandpipers at the dam end.
  • Hirundines in the form of swallows and sand martins provided  a lovely interlude as I approached the dam.
  • Among the rest there was at least 2 little egrets, 3 pochard, a willow warbler, a black cap and 3 green woodpeckers.



Lots of birds in a fabulous setting, with exercise thrown in as a bonus!

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